Murray pointed to the county’s dependence on Canadian visitors — particularly true in American exclave Point Roberts — as she ...

Two of the candidates for Sedro-Woolley City Council Ward 6 might look familiar: council member Joe Burns and candidate Karl de Jong faced off in 2021, when de Jong was on the council and Burns was ...

That’s after learning about the projected jail capacity estimates for Whatcom County. By 2030, Whatcom County Jail may need around 480 beds, but by 2050, the daily population needs could be as high as ...

For the first time in Ferndale’s history, voters in November will weigh in on a citizen-led initiative that prohibits unfair ...

La Conner School District will slash programs and staffing, in the first major budget cut in a Whatcom or Skagit county ...

Former Whatcom County health department director Erika Lautenbach started a new position as the chief administrative officer at the state Department of Children, Youth and Families last week.

If you didn’t know it was there, you’d never think to go in. An unmarked door on a side street in Burlington leads, oddly, to a tiny barbershop with a single chair and a cigarette dispenser. Pull on ...

Summer is a perfect time to slow down and look deeply at the habitat around us, and “Wild in Seattle: Stories at the ...

Whatcom County voters outside of Bellingham could see one or two tax questions on their August ballot: one levy lid lift for the public library system and another for the South Whatcom Fire Authority.

Barlean’s Fishery opened its seafood market at Squalicum Harbor on July 3, moving from its longtime Ferndale home to 2551 Roeder Ave. in Bellingham. The new location at the harbor entrance houses both ...

Western Washington University men’s basketball is loading its roster with a young core of six new players — four freshmen and ...

The Washington Department of Ecology issued a water contact advisory on July 18 for Bay View State Park in Skagit County ...